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Earlier this year, Daily Record told the story of Sara Montgomery, 31, was due to fly with British Airways from Edinburgh to Heathrow on April 29 with her partner Jon Aitken but missed the flight by minutes.

After hiring a car and driving to London she was shocked to discover their return flight booking with BA the following day had been cancelled.

She and Jon were asked to fork out £330 each for seats on the same plane they had originally booked from Heathrow.

The clause means that if you miss your first flight, your second could be cancelled, too (Image: Getty)

British Airways responded to their claims by saying the couple should have been aware of the terms and conditions and that a member of their customer service team had explained the cancellation to them.

A spokesman for British Airways said: "We have spoken to Ms Montgomery and are very sorry that she was not aware of the terms and conditions of her ticket or fully understood the implications of missing her outbound flight, which our customer service team explained to her at the time.

"It is common practice with the airline industry for customers to be required to use all flights in the correct order stated in the booking.